October 2011 SAT Reading

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<p>Does anyone remember the choices for art’s place in life</p>

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<p>hah @subsidize, still stuck on that on that one - thought exhausting/exhaustive were used to say how the growth of naturalist writing grew to be a little boring although it resulted in good writing (rhetorically), and Walden was used as an example</p>

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<p>Cumulative list so far: </p>

<p>Section 1:
<em>Short: woman who could have become a president</em>
Attitude of respect toward woman.
Showed her strong influence
The guy whom he said the quote to was intent on having an internationally completive business or something along those lines. </p>

<p><em>Short: nature writing</em>
Walden is fundamentally human-centered
Both gains and losses of focusing on nature </p>

<p><em>Nuclear Power Passage</em>
Tone: emphatic
Tone: vehement
Three mile island: pivotal turning point
Both authors invoke “collective interest
Alternative energy has been tried and found wanting
Primary concern: Less harmful to the environment
The passages both agreed that nuclear plants were controversial</p>

<p>Section 2:
<em>Blogging</em>
Some would consider the claims overly optimistic
Explain a phenomenon.
Passage one says that bloggers get a chance to attract attention
Something about people being “irked”</p>

<p><em>Art in Life</em>
The highway represents everyday life
Detour: different from life?
Concrete reality vs abstract art
Art’s place in life
Tone: Personal and reflexive
Analogy with a lawyer reusing ideas from a previous case.</p>

<p><em>Roommate</em>
Drew = attracted
Dean = killjoy
Forehead: pride?
Roommate was Paranoid
Roommate’s behavior was eccentric
“I just wanted to be friends: Disappointed
Ideas are independent of human consciousness</p>

<p>Section 3:
<em>Ella Baker passage</em>
Most important topic: Baker’s political philosophy
Quote called for an alternative approach
Self-admonition…maybe?
Biographer like an archaeologist
Treatment = Handling
Shaping Baker’s life
Most interested in human complexity
Weighing: considering deeply
Biographer shared Baker’s political goals
Walking through muddy water is analogous to acting “apprehensively.”
Marginalized people must participate</p>

<p><em>Sentence completion</em>
Clever debater even the opponents praised him
Engineers/scientist are to be treated with “wariness”
Advanced ages: longevity
Scientists: edify…reticence
Ameliorate social injustice
Faculty….Emotion
Exacerbate
Recondite
Compelling…formulaic
Mercurial
Fickleness
Digress</p>

<p>Added one under the Blogging section.</p>

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<p>@ProspectiveAppli
thanks, keep it up</p>

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<p>was emphatic and vehement the same question?</p>

<p>i remember seeing emphatic but don’t remember putting it as an answer</p>

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<p>wariness is in the nuclear one I think…</p>

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<p>What is the Roommate “Drew = attracted” referencing?</p>

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<p>Emphatic was the tone shared by both passages, vehement (caustic) was the tone specific to one paragraph of the second passage. They were two questions.</p>

<p>“We played jazz and drew a great crowd”</p>

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<p>Cumulative list so far: </p>

<p>Section 1:
<em>Short: woman who could have become a president</em>
Attitude of respect toward woman.
Showed her strong influence
The guy whom he said the quote to was intent on having an internationally completive business or something along those lines. </p>

<p><em>Short: nature writing</em>
Walden is fundamentally human-centered
Both gains and losses of focusing on nature </p>

<p><em>Nuclear Power Passage</em>
Tone: emphatic
Tone: vehement
Three mile island: pivotal turning point
Both authors invoke “collective interest
Alternative energy has been tried and found wanting
Primary concern: Less harmful to the environment
The passages both agreed that nuclear plants were controversial
Wariness</p>

<p>Section 2:
<em>Blogging</em>
Some would consider the claims overly optimistic
Explain a phenomenon.
Passage one says that bloggers get a chance to attract attention
Something about people being “irked”</p>

<p><em>Art in Life</em>
The highway represents everyday life
Detour: different from life?
Concrete reality vs abstract art
Art’s place in life
Tone: Personal and reflexive
Analogy with a lawyer reusing ideas from a previous case.</p>

<p><em>Roommate</em>
Drew = attracted
Dean = killjoy
Forehead: pride?
Roommate was Paranoid
Roommate’s behavior was eccentric
“I just wanted to be friends: Disappointed
Ideas are independent of human consciousness</p>

<p>Section 3:
<em>Ella Baker passage</em>
Most important topic: Baker’s political philosophy
Quote called for an alternative approach
Self-admonition…maybe?
Biographer like an archaeologist
Treatment = Handling
Shaping Baker’s life
Most interested in human complexity
Weighing: considering deeply
Biographer shared Baker’s political goals
Walking through muddy water is analogous to acting “apprehensively.”
Marginalized people must participate</p>

<p><em>Sentence completion</em>
Clever debater even the opponents praised him
Engineers/scientist are to be treated with “wariness”
Advanced ages: longevity
Scientists: edify…reticence
Ameliorate social injustice
Faculty….Emotion
Exacerbate
Recondite
Compelling…formulaic
Mercurial
Fickleness
Digress</p>

<p>Added. 40/48 sentence completions.</p>

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<p>what were the other answers to arts place in life. I dont remember what I put. I need some help please</p>

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<p>@Subsidize, thanks for the clarification, I was thinking of Drew as a name, and was drawing a blank.</p>

<p>Still sitting at -2, I think; should be good for an 800 (knock on wood).</p>

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<p>one more SC - the mushroom one where they were so “poisonous” that they could be “harmful” or something along those lines.</p>

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<p>vehement OR caustic</p>

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<p>Walden is fundamentally human-centered <— or long and tiring</p>

<p>Tone: vehement <— or caustic</p>

<p>Analogy with a lawyer reusing ideas from a previous case. <— was this answer choice e?</p>

<p>Treatment = Handling <---- I picked proposal since she was writing a biography (seems kind of dumb now)</p>

<p>Fickleness <---- sentence?
Digress <---- sentence?</p>

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<p>Lol I love the name Drew as well as Dr. Dre</p>

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<p>@Hitthebooks, that question asked about what the purpose of the passage was, and the answer was “describe (or some other verb) art’s place in life”</p>

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<p>@ClassicLays
Analogy with a lawyer reusing ideas from a previous case was E.</p>

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<p>In the nuclear power section, did you guys put that both passages considered the potential negative outcomes of energy sources?</p>

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<p>digress is like a speaker always digress but it’s where audience get entertained from… I know how that feels like… like youth pastors… always digress otherwise we fall asleep…</p>

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<p>can anyone explain compelling formulaic sentence?
i don’t remember what sentence it was.</p>